How Is Circumcision Done?
Title: How Is Circumcision Done?Category: Procedures and TestsCreated: 12/7/2020 12:00:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 12/7/2020 12:00:00 AM (Source: MedicineNet Kids Health General)
Source: MedicineNet Kids Health General - December 7, 2020 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: news
South Africa: HIV and Circumcision - Where Are We At the End of 2020?
[spotlight] Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision (VMMC) has been shown to reduce the risk of female-to-male HIV transmission by 60%. Studies have also shown that by reducing infections in men and boys, the intervention in turn also reduces HIV infections in women and girls, although to a lesser degree. (Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs)
Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs - December 1, 2020 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Namibia: Male Circumcision Vital to HIV Prevention Strategy
[New Era] Rundu -- Health minister Dr Kalumbi Shangula says voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) is an integral part of Namibia's HIV prevention strategy and has thus called upon men to get a "smart cut" in order to reduce the risk of contracting HIV. (Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs)
Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs - November 25, 2020 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Four Ways We ’re Adapting HIV Services during COVID-19 in Tanzania
By Kija Nyalali,
Director of Monitoring and Evaluation, IntraHealth International, Tanzania
A community volunteer recruits clients interested in VMMC services in Ukerewe, Tanzania. Photo by Josh Estey for IntraHealth International.November 18, 2020In Tanzania, the first case of COVID-19 was reported on March 16, 2020. When the country’s government instituted preventive measures to keep the disease from spreading, those same measures made it tougher to provide other services that can prevent a different infectious disease: HIV.So IntraHealth International’sTohara Plus team had to adjust.The Tohar...
Source: IntraHealth International - November 18, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: kseaton Tags: HIV & AIDS COVID-19 Source Type: news
In India, Ending FGM Demands Truth and Transparency
By Masooma RanalviNOIDA, India, Nov 13 2020 (IPS) “My daughter is eight years old. In May 2017, I had her ‘Khatna,’ her circumcision, done. I had taken her to a traditional cutter. Once back home I made her sleep on the bed. After some time, around 4:00 p.m. I took her to the bathroom, she was bleeding as if she had started her menses. It seemed like she was urinating blood. By 6:00 p.m. my daughter had been bleeding so heavily, the blood had soaked three bed sheets and I was very worried. And my daughter was quiet and she also kept asking me if she will be fine.” Excerpt from: How I got her from the hands of d...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - November 13, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Masooma Ranalvi Tags: Asia-Pacific Gender Headlines Health Poverty & SDGs Women's Health Source Type: news
Is Circumcision Good or Bad?
Title: Is Circumcision Good or Bad?Category: Diseases and ConditionsCreated: 11/11/2020 12:00:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 11/11/2020 12:00:00 AM (Source: MedicineNet Kids Health General)
Source: MedicineNet Kids Health General - November 11, 2020 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: news
Male circumcision campaigns in Africa to fight HIV are a form of cultural imperialism
(University of Sussex) World Health Organization-recommended campaigns to circumcise millions of African boys and men to reduce HIV transmission are based more on systemic racism and 'neocolonialism' than sound scientific research, according to a critical appraisal published in Developing World Bioethics. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - September 10, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Africa: Preventing HIV in High HIV Burden Settings Through Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision
[WHO] Preventing heterosexually acquired HIV and achieving global HIV incidence goals require a combination of interventions. Voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) is one of these interventions in settings with a high burden of HIV. New guidelines from the World Health Organization (WHO) updates earlier recommendations on VMMC for HIV prevention. (Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs)
Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs - August 22, 2020 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Namibia: Authorities Probe Dumping of Medical Waste
[New Era] Highly infectious medical waste comprising of needles and syringes, circumcision blades, dirty linens and contraceptive implants were discovered about 50 metres from houses in Windhoek's Goreangab area. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - May 24, 2020 Category: African Health Source Type: news
The Lives Lost to Coronavirus
One of the biggest challenges of this unsettling time is the isolation we feel as we’re separated from friends and family, all the people for whom we care most deeply. But just being alone is only part of the difficulty. Our sense of remoteness is intensified by a pall of unease we can’t define: Loss and sorrow are also in the air. We fear losing—or we may have already lost—people we love. And when we work up the courage to look beyond our individual personal spheres, we see that many people who have made our world better, in big and small ways, have vanished before we were ready to let them go.
But...
Source: TIME: Health - April 3, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: TIME Staff Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 feature remembrance Source Type: news
TB, HIV and COVID-19: Urgent Questions as Three Epidemics Collide
This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article.
The post TB, HIV and COVID-19: Urgent Questions as Three Epidemics Collide appeared first on Inter Press Service. (Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health)
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - March 25, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: External Source Tags: Africa Headlines Health Source Type: news
Warning over circumcision ritual after four babies contract herpes
Since September, four infants in New York City have contracted herpes linked to the metzitzah b'peh ceremony, in which a Jewish clergyman uses his mouth to remove blood from the incision. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - February 24, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Egypt: Doctor, Parents Detained As Girl Dies After Genital Cutting
[Thomson Reuters Foundation] Cairo -The victim's parents and aunt took her to a private clinic where she underwent the illegal procedure, also known as female circumcision (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 3, 2020 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Southern Africa: Messages About Male Circumcision Aren't Clear - Why This Is Dangerous
[The Conversation Africa] In March 2007, international experts endorsed voluntary medical male circumcision as a partial but effective way to reduce the risk of HIV infection in men. According to the World Health Organisation, medical male circumcision can reduce a man's risk of acquiring HIV from a female sexual partner by about 60%. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - January 28, 2020 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Is This Health Worker Ready to Prevent HIV? There's a Game for That
By Katherine Seaton,
Editorial OfficerJanuary 23, 2020Around1.4 million people are living with HIV in Tanzania. While there’s been a 49% decrease in the number of AIDS-related deaths since 2010, the country is still a long way from epidemic control. Training health workers to mitigate the spread of the disease is crucial.TheWorld Health Organization estimates that we need over 7 million additional skilled health workers to meet just the basic health care needs of the world’s 7.6 billion residents. Countries such as Tanzania are focusing not only on increasing the number of their health workers, but also ...
Source: IntraHealth International - January 23, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: kseaton Tags: HIV & AIDS Digital Health Source Type: news
